This is the first occasion on which the process
of maintaining the steamer has been recorded in any detail.

To those who are into the world of steam appliances this will be
a usual and quite normal operation, but to those who have not been
involved it will begin to demonstrate the intricacies of this operation

Even in today's world the maintenance and servicing of steam appliances
will require work of this nature. The Engineer Fm J Stevens

One little mystery remains, how did they test the appliance at
the river without the hire of horses or presence of a crew for there
is no record of this.